Truth Will Out: Significant Productions

This page contains details of significant productions of Alan Ayckbourn's Truth Will Out.

Unproduced (2020)

Advertised First performance: 20 August 2020
Advertised World premiere: 25 August 2020
Advertised Final performance: 3 October 2020
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Round

Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Design: Michael Holt
Lighting: Jason Taylor
Sound: Paul Stear (Associate)

Actors
Truth Will Out did not confirm its casting before its cancellation.

Note: Truth Will Out was planned to premiere during the summer 2020 season at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in repertory with Alan Ayckbourn's revival of Just Between Ourselves. However, the worldwide impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led to the UK closing its theatre during March 2020. As a result, on 23 March, it was announced the world premiere production of Truth Will Out would not be taking place as originally planned.

World Premiere - Rehearsed Reading (2023)

World premiere: 17 September 2023
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Rehearsed reading

Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Sound: Alan Ayckbourn

Company Stage Manager: Fleur Linden Beeley
Deputy Stage Manager: Sue Volans

Characters
George Oliver
Daphne Oliver
Donnie Oliver
Janet Tasselle
Sefton Crichton-Fleming
Ian Morton
Peggy Catwick
Katherine Hetcham
Bill Turpin
Tammy Shoehorn
Jim Tungsten

Actors
John Branwell
Alexandra Mathie
Andy Cryer
Frances Marshall
Christopher Godwin
Richard Stacey
Tanya-Loretta Dee
Naomi Petersen
Leigh Symonds
Georgia Burnell
Alan Ayckbourn

Note: Truth Will Out was scheduled to premiere at the Stephen Joseph Theatre during the summer 2020 season (see above), but was cancelled due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. On 17 September 2023, it was publicly performed for the first time in a rehearsed reading, directed by Alan Ayckbourn, as part of a fund-raising event for the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.